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Feb. 11, 2007

Final Stats

FORT WORTH, Texas - The 35th-ranked TCU men's tennis team fell to No. 68 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-2 on Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The loss drops the Frogs to 1-2 on the season, while improving the Islanders to 1-2. The match marked the first time Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has defeated the Frogs in five meetings.

The Frogs got off on the right foot with the doubles duo of Chris Biro and Caleb Bulls defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's tandem of Farras and Zunino, 8-5, to even doubles play at one point each. Trailing in the tiebreaker 4-1, the duo of Cosmin Cotet and Kriegler Brink fought back to upset the No. 40 tandem of Andrey Kumantsov and Mikhail Pavlov, 9-8(6), and clinched the doubles point for TCU.

Senior Andrew Ulrich highlighted singles play for the Frogs, routing Jaume Farras in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Chris Biro and Cosmin Cotet also had impressive showings for TCU. Biro fell short against No. 25 Andrey Kumantsov 7-5, 7-5, while Cotet came up just short, 6-0, 0-6, 6-4, playing in the No. 1 slot against Raul Morant-Rivas.

The men will return to the court on Feb. 27, when they travel to Baton Rouge, La., to face LSU at 2 p.m.


No. 68 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-2) def. No. 35 TCU (1-2), 5-2

SINGLES
1. Raul Morant-Rivas (TAMU-CC) def. Cosmin Cotet (TCU), 6-0, 0-6, 6-4
2. #25 Andrey Kumantsov (TAMU-CC) def. Chris Biro (TCU), 7-5, 7-5
3. Mikhail Pavlov (TAMU-CC) def. Kriegler Brink (TCU), 7-6 (0-3)
4. Andrew Ulrich (TCU) def. Jaume Farras (TAMU-CC), 6-1, 6-4
5. Novikov (TAMU-CC) def. Caleb Bulls (TCU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Jose Zunino (TAMU-CC) def. Stuart Row (TCU), 6-2, 6-0


 

 

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 5, 4, 2*, 1

DOUBLES
1. Cotet/Brink (TCU) def. #40 Kumantsov/Pavlov (TAMU-CC), 9-8 (6)
2. Morant-Rivas/Novikov (TAMU-CC) def. Andrew Ulrich/Stuart Row (TCU), 8-5
3. Biro/Bulls (TCU) def. Jaume Farras/Jose Zunino (TAMU-CC), 8-5

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1*

*Clinching point

 
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